Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13176, Thomas Goodwin, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Goodwin Thomas
S. 13176
carded
CONTENTS

Date of death not on A.B.
16-701 Virginia
Thomas Goodwin
Nelson Co in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Dowell of the Regt. commanded by Col. Goodale in the War of 1812. due for Bonus.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum commences on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Septbr.
1833 and sent to Spotswood Garland Livingston
Arrears to the 4th of Septbr - 1833. $50 00 Pension allowance ending March '34 - 10 00
$60 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 8 Vol. 6. Page 9

No 25874
Thomas Goodwin Nelson County Virginia
Adm 6 months.
Lovington Spotswood Garland Lovington, Nelson County Virg
W.W.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Thomas Goodwin Nelson County Virginia
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Sub 1781 — 3 — private Capt Dowell, Colonel Goodall 17 years Hanover County Virginia Traditionary evidence None Witnesses certified credible papers correct   Drafted May 1781 — 3 — " Capt Morris, Capt Haden Col Taylor, Major Campbell  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of                      do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same)                      hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be                      years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Virginia Nelson County Court.
On this 23 rd day of April 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the Court of Nelson County, Now sitting Thomas Lordoin, an resident of said County of Nelson and State of Virginia, aged sixty seven years On the 28 th day of May last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, On his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Enrolment, passed the 7 th day of June 1833 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated - That in the year 1781. in the month of January Or February he became a substitute for his father John Lordoin before he arrived at age for service, and was received as such in a Company Commanded by Capt. Thomas Russell of the County of Nansemond, in the Regiment, Commanded by Col. Landon. The Company met at Jerusalem Platts in said County, and joined a Regiment Commanded by Col. Landon, and marched to Williamsburg, there the Company was divided and three prisoners, named Browning, Johnson and Thompson were set by a part of the Company to Richmond, and he went with them, and the prisoners were then delivered to arms by the names of Rose, after which he was marched to Sandy Point, to take possession of boats to carry troops backwards and forwards, there the Company staid until the British fleet came up, when Orders were given to move to Richmond, and then to Chesterfield Court House, where we joined forces under a Frenchman called Major Le Clun or some such name, who was then his superior he does not recollect - so soon as he joined the Army at this place, Orders were given to form in line of Battle on the North side of the Courthouse, and there remained in line some time, and then the Army marched and crossed James River in the night at Tuckahoe, and marched on near to Powell's above Richmond, and the next morning marched to Richmond and joined the Army under Genl. Fayette. On the same day (he believes) the British Light horsemen burnt the Court house in Manchester. The Army was then marched to Mile Creek from whence they were marched suddenly in the night towards Petersburg - having staid all night at the River, became very weak to Pocahontas - at this place the artillery fired into the Town of Petersburg - This movement was made to take Arnold before Cornwallis forces could come up - The Bridge was on fire at that time - after which a retreat, was ordered, and the Army marched back to Mile Creek, there the Army remained until he was discharged, having been relieved by others, and his term of duty of three months being expired he was discharged in the month of May - That so soon as he returned home in the County of Nansemond On the 26 th day of May 1781. he was drafted to serve another term of duty (on his own account) in a Company Commanded by Capt. William Norville, who resigned and the Company was put under the Command of Capt. Isaac

Hadew after it arived in Gloucester County. The Company marched to Beek bridge below Richmond, where it staid some time, then to New Castle, and was under the Command of Col. John Taylor and Major Campbell. He crossed with the forces over the river York just below the junction of Pamunkey and Mattaponi, into the County of Spotsylvania, and was stationed at Hafford's Oldfield. The forces stationed here frequently marched down into Gloucester County. On one occasion, about 12 O'clock in the day the forces were formed for battle at Creare Church, shortly after this he was taken sick and sent into the Country for attendance, and his tour of duty having ended he was taken home, having served three months. So he states he was in the service of his Country three months on each tour, making six months. He resided in the County of Nansemond when he entered the service both times. He has no documentary evidence of his service - he knows of no person by whom he can prove his service, except John Claybrook of Louisa County, who knows he was in the service two tours of three months each, whose testimony he can procure. He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state - in sworn to and subscribes the day and year aforesaid. Thomas Morton
He also makes the following answers to the following questions propounded by the Court. -
1st. Where and in what year was you born?
Answer. In the County of Nansemond, State of Virginia, and on the 25 day of May 1765 -
2nd Question. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer. It was in my father's bible, and it was sold at his sale, after death, I also transferred it to my own bible. -
3rd Question. Where were you living when called into service, and where have you lived since?
Answer. I lived in Nansemond when called into service, and when I entered as a substitute. Since which I lived part of the time in Louisa County, and since George County, since Williams County, then to King George, and then in the County of Amherst, now Nelson, where I still reside. -
4th Question. How were you called into service - were you drafted, or did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
Answer. I was first a substitute for my father, and having served a tour I was then drafted and served another -
5th Question. State the names of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer. I recollect Col. Goorall who commanded the Regiment I first went with, under Capt. Thomas Roswell, Major McLean, or some such name, who was a Frenchman, Genl. De Fayette, these Officers in part commanded when I was first a substitute.

In my second tour being drafted I was under Capt. Williams & Howell and Capt. S. ... I was in the regiment commanded by Col. John Taylor and Major Campbell. The general nature of his tours is introduced in the declaration made from his statement. Both Questions - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer - I never received a discharge as I collected.
7th State the names of persons in your neighborhood who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer - There is no person now in the neighborhood who knows any thing of my services, but I refer you to the Certificate of John Celaybrooks testimony, which I wish to be filed with my declaration. - I know upon you to Spotswood Gail and Charles Pinow, who can testify as to their belief of my veracity.
We Spotswood Gail and Charles Pinow, residing in the County of Nelson, do certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Goodwin, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight or nine years old, and we believe him to be a man of veracity. Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid.
Spotswood Gail and Chas. Pinow
I John Celaybrooks of the County of Louisa State of Virginia aged 64 years, do hereby certify that I was born and raised in the County of Hanover near the residence of John Goodwin the father of Thomas Goodwin now of the County of Nelson. That I have a distinct recollection that the said Thomas Goodwin served two tours of duty in the Militia of the County of Hanover during the war of the Revolution, and to the best of my knowledge and belief of three months each. John Celaybrooks.
State of Virginia Louisa County to wit
I hereby certify that John Celaybrooks appeared before a Justice of the peace for the said County and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Certificate, and I do further certify that I have been long acquainted with the said John Celaybrooks and that from his character and respectability full credit ought to be given to whatever he may state on oath or otherwise. Given under my hand and seal the 4 th day of January 1833.
Fred. H. Harris
State of Virginia,
Louisa County to wit:
I John Hunter Clerk of the County Court of the County of Louisa aforesaid do hereby certify that Frederick Harris before whom the foregoing affidavit of John Celaybrooks was made and sworn to, now is and also at the time of taking and certifying the same an acting Justice of the peace and Judge of the Court of the Commonwealth.

The County of Louisa aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified according to Law and that full faith and Credit, is due to all his Official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand and caused the public Seal of said County Court to be hereunto affixed. This 23 rd day of January 1833, In the 57 th year of our foundation. John Hunter C.R.
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states - And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Spotswood Garland and Charles Simon who have subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Certificate, are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit, and that they are residents of the County of Nelson.
a true Copy from the records of said Court.
In testimony whereof I Spotswood Garland, Clerk of the said Court, do hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of my Office this 20 th day of June 1833, and in the 57 th year of the Commonwealth.
Sp: Garland
Wm. Hobson 25874

June 13, 1936.
Mrs. Dorsey C. Mahin 302 West Spring Street Hoodoo, Missouri.
SA-3/III Thomas Goodwin B. 1817S Moses Peck letter - S. 1818S
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Moses and Gideon Peck of Newtown, Connecticut, and Thomas Goodwin of Dinwiddie, Virginia.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Gideon Peck. The records of only one Moses Peck of Connecticut, and one Thomas Goodwin of Virginia have been found; these two records are furnished herein as found in pension claims based upon service in that war.
THOMAS GOODWIN-1817S.
Thomas Goodwin, the son of John Goodwin, was born May 25, 1755, in Hanover County, Virginia; the name of his mother is not shown.
While a resident of Hanover County, Virginia, he enlisted and served two tours of three months each, as private in the Virginia troops, shown as follows: from sometime in January or February 1781, in Captain Thomas Doweell's company, Colonel Park Goodall's Regiment, and was with the troops under Lafayette when Petersburg, Virginia, was burned, said tour rendered as substitute for his father; and from May 26, 1781, in Captain William Norvell's and Isaiah Haden's company, Colonel John Taylor's regiment.
After his service, he resided a part of the time in Louisa County, Virginia, in Prince George County, in Prince William County, in King George County, afterwards in Amherst County and Nelson County, all in Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 23, 1833, while a resident of Nelson County, Virginia. No reference was made to wife or children of the soldier.

MOSES PECK-S.1418D.
Moses Peck was born March 13, 1783 in New Haven, parish of Mount Carmel, Connecticut, which town was called later Hamden; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of said New Haven, Connecticut, he enlisted June 25, 1778, and served six months as private in Captain Peck's (given name of this Captain or relationship to Moses Peck not stated.) - note Company, Lieutenant Colonel Arnold, Colonel Douglas' Connecticut regiment, during which period of service he was wounded by a musket ball in his right forearm during the battle of White Plains. He was called out on the New Haven alarm, officers and length of service not shown. He enlisted in August or September 1779, and served two months as private in Captain Goodyear's Connecticut company.
The soldier resided in New Haven, Connecticut, until 1801 or 1803, moved then to Wallingford, Connecticut, and remained until about 1811, at which time he moved to Goshire, and in 1817, returned to Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
Moses Peck was allowed pension on his application executed August 4, 1832, at which time he resided in Wallingford, Connecticut.
There are no data relative to the family of this soldier.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
Note -
Page 406 - Conn. in Rev. Capt Samuel Peck - Lt Col. Arnold
Col. William Douglas.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
 BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
July 13, 1876
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Goodwin a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
    DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     * Jan'y July 1781 3 mos Pvt. Thomas Darnell Park Goodall Pa.   May 26. 1781 3 mos. William Darnell John Taylor   Levi Haden   * Substituted for his father John Goodwin   
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment.
Date of application for pension,
Residence at date of application,
Age at date of application,
Remarks:
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Pine Bluff, Ark. April 28, 1919.
Pension Department U. S. Govt. Washington.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send pension record of Thomas Goodwin, born May 25, 1765, in Hanover Co. Va., for his services in Continental army.
Also record of his father John Goodwin b 1735 - d 1783, of Hanover Co. Va., if any - John Goodwin took the oath as lieutenant March 21, 1768.
And oblige,
(Miss) Margaret Boyette, John M'Almont Chap. D.A.R.
Olive St.
Thomas Goodwin married Temperance Harris, and died 1838,

REGINALD HEBER SMITH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ROOMS 440-441 EQUITABLE BUILDING, TELEPHONE 1500.
D. H. J.
D - not J. " " W
DENVER, COLO., March 13th. 1895. 189
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington. D.C. My dear Sir;
I regret to bother you again on a subject you have already given me some of your time, but I desire you to please indulge me one more time and I hope I may then leave you alone. I have been informed to day by Judge Jno Goodwin of Chicago, that the information I want was furnished him from your office. That it exists.
You have furnished me the "Military History" of Thos Goodwin of Va whose certificate was No. 16701 issued Sep. 16. 1833. In a letter of date February 16. 1895 addressed to Senator Camden, O.W & N Div. F.S., a history of one Jno Goodwin is given. This is not the Jno Goodwin I had written to him about. That letter says however that your office has no record of any other John who applied for a pension. This I grant and fully understand.
But what I want from the department is this. You furnished me the usual skeleton history of Thos Goodwin No. 16701. Now I am informed, that the proof in his case, on which pension was granted, shows that he was the son of one John Goodwin and that " he took his father's place " in the war. If this is true, if such proof exists in his case, as made before the department, I want a copy of the affidavit or proof filed wherein this recital appears. In this way, by means of such proof, I can establish the fact that John, the father of Thomas (No. 16701), while not a pensioner, was yet a soldier in the Revolutionary war? The skeleton history of Thos. I well know does not show this fact, yet Judge Goodwin says it exists in his proof on file in your office and same was furnished by your office to him, in connection with a more extended history of Thos.
2. Does your records show the granting of a pension for Revolutionary services to either Alexander, Matt or Robert Doniphan (three brothers) from Va in 11th Va, under Jno Marshall Captain I think? If so please give me history.
Very Respectfully,
R. H. Smith

REGINALD HEBER SMITH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ROOMS 440-444 EQUITABLE BUILDING, TELEPHONE 1800.
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DENVER, COLO., December 31. 1894  189
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
There is certain information I desire to obtain, and I dont know where to go for same, save to your office. If you cant supply the same, or the rules of your office prohibit giving such information, or your time is too much engaged to answer my questions, will you at least kindly inform me to what department of government or to whom I can apply for this and similar information. It is with no intention of getting something for nothing, I apply to your office but I do so solely for the reason already stated, and if there are private persons who make a business of this sort of information I would communicate with them if name is given, if you cant give the answers desired.
1. I find from the court records of Harrison County Virginia, that Major William Lowther by proof offered in open court in April 1785, showed that he served as Major under and by appointment of General George Rogers Clark in volunteer service, (in revolutionary war) from June 21 to August 11. 1781, when he was discharged by reason of sickness. Can the fact of this service be verified in your office? If so, can I get same and how and cost thereof? Was a pension ever applied for and granted to said Lowther? In what service was Gen Clark the Continental or Va Militia?
2. Thomas Goodwin of Hanover County Va, enlisted in 1781 in Va 3rd Vol, I think. I have learned that he applied for and was granted a pension for such services in the Revolutionary War, in the year 1835 . Can this statement be verified in your office by the pension records and if so, please give me costs, of a copy of his application and a certificate of the fact that his pension was granted for services in said war, if such was the fact. 3. Has a complete list of revolutionary pensioners ever been published? Has a rooster of the officers and soldiers of that war ever been published? If so, how can copies of one or both be procured?
An answer at your earliest convenience will greatly oblige.
Very Respectfully,
Reginald Heber Smith

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File No. 13.176
Thomas Woodson
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 146
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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